Yamaha Robot Motorcycle Rider Will Be Able To Reach Speeds Of Over 200km/h (video)

Motorcycle manufacturer Yamaha has this week unveiled a new motorcycle riding robot at the Tokyo Motor Show 2015, that maybe one day will be capable of racing against human motorcycle riders.

At the current time the Yamaha robot motorcycle rider is currently in its prototype stage of development and still requires stabilising wheels to help learn the motions of riding a bike.

Check out the promotional video for the MotoBot below, Yamaha explains more :

This is an autonomous motorcycle-riding humanoid robot built around a fusion of Yamaha’s motorcycle and robotics technology. R&D is currently underway with the goal of developing the robot to ride an unmodified motorcycle on a racetrack at more than 200 km/h.

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